Therein lies the problem, Keg & Bloo.
Was talking to another QF Cpt the other day. Telling me about a fella he knows in Impulse. Nice guy apparently, but had failed QF selection twice and was now a 717 Cpt. Still goes around calling himself a "Qantas" captain. OK, technically he is a "Qantaslink" captain, therefore "Qantas". But still offensive to a Qantas captain who has earned the right (as well as probably 15 years service, at least) to call himself that.
Why should he be given an automatic right to QF Mainline?
Definately this is a conundrum...
So then. How do we deal with people like this? How are they integrated?
IMHO, the QF regionals have a right to move up the chain, and they SHOULD be sponsored by AIPA. But I do have a problem with AIPA sponsoring the Impulse pilots group, who have technically "jumped" the que, and undermined the structure for their own selfish end.